First a little background: My ds had latch problems until he was 6 weeks old, and because of that, I was pumping exclusively during that time. I figured, if I had to pump 6-8 times a day, I might as well pump as much as I could so I'd have a store of frozen milk if I ever needed it. I didn't plan on having TONS, and didn't think that I'd end up with more than I could ever possibly use, so I didn't think to get tested to send it to a milk bank. Now the milk bank won't take it because I didn't get tested before I pumped it. My DS is now almost 6 months old, and the milk bank won't take donated milk if I pumped it now and just used the frozen stuff I already have and froze the new stuff. I have approx. 350 oz in a deep freezer which will "expire" in March.
What do I do with this stuff? I HATE to throw it away, but I don't know what else I can do with it. I offered it to a friend of mine who is having twins by surrogate and won't be able to BF, but I first mentioned it to her 2 months ago, and she said that she'd check with her dr about it and get back to me the next week. I still haven't heard anything from her, so I'm thinking either the dr said that it wasn't recommended (since I know it's not), or she changed her mind and doesn't want it.
Does anyone have any suggestions? Like I said, I REALLY don't want to throw it away! TIA!
